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1978 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Leroy, Attorney General of Idaho, et al. v. Great Western United Corp.

443 U.S. 173 · 99 S. Ct. 2710 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 143

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
78-759
U.S. Reports
443 U.S. 173
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2710
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 143

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Leroy, Attorney General of Idaho, et al. v. Great Western United Corp.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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